The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England

"Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is
no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by
proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."—Emerson

BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
1886


Copyright, 1885,
By Ticknor and Company.

All rights reserved.

University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.


INDEX OF NAMES.

PAGEPAGE
Aberdour, John Lord[71]Carr, Colonel[68]
Adams, Samuel[71]Chase, Samuel & William[21]
Amherst, General[38]Clark, John[68]
Amiel, John[53]Clark, Stephen[13]
Amory, Jonathan[79]Clarke, Richard[59]
Apthorp, Charles Ward[30]Clarke, Sukey[59]
Apthorpe, Charles[33]Cole, Patrick[68]
Apthorpe, Rev. Mr.[33]Colman, Rev. Henry[97]
Apthorpe, Susan[33]Cooper, William[20]
Ashton, John[35]Copeland, E. Jr.[86]
Avery, John[55], [56]Copley, John Singleton[59], [72]
Crocker, Cornelius[10]
Balch, Rev. Mr.[29]Crosby, John[60]
Balkum, Daniel[89]
Barnard, Benjamin[61]Daland, B.[97]
Belknap, Jeremiah[29]Dalrymple, Colonel[68]
Bernard, Gov. Francis[35], [36], [37], [46]Dana, Rev. Mr.[81]
Blanchard, Caleb[84]Darley, Arthur[57]
Bollan, William[9]Davis, Joshua[60]
Bowditch, Nathaniel[42]Deane, Rev. Samuel[93]
Bowdoin, Hon. James[33]Deane, Mrs.[93]
Bowdoin, Miss[33]Deshon, Moses[15]
Brattle, William[63]Douglass, Mr.[39], [41]
Breck, Samuel[88]
Brenton, Benjamin[54]Eastlake, Sir Charles[6]
Britt, Thomas[59]Edes & Gill[11],[16],[32],[43]
Brown, B.[97]Elliot, Sally[33]
Brown, Obadiah[64]Elliot, Simon[33], [85], [86]
Bulfinch, Dr. Thomas[33]Ellis, Mrs.[91]
Butler, Mr.[21]Ellis, Rev. Mr.[90]
Elwell, Edward H.[93]
Caldwell, James[68]Emerson, R.W.[6]
Carpenter, Captain[19]Erving, John[67]

Flemming, Albert[98]Minot, George R.[70]
Flynt, Henry[17], [18]Monk, Christopher[68]
Fowle & Draper[48]Morgan, Captain[34], [35]
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin[24]Morton, Captain[68]
Franklin, Elizabeth[24]Murray, Mrs.[82]
Murray, Rev. Mr.[82]
Gay, Martin[59]
Gordon, James[79]Oliver, Andrew[37]
Gorham, Joseph[10]
Gray, Samuel[68]Paine, William[50]
Green & Russell[34], [47], [52]Parker, David[68]
Greene, John[68]Parkman, Samuel[80]
Gwin, Captain[56]Payne, Edward[68]
Peirce, Benjamin[42]
Hancock, John[69]Pelham, Charles[72]
Haskell, Philemon[91]Pelham, Mrs.[72]
Hawthorne, Nathaniel[42]Perkins, Thomas H.[33]
Henshaw, Joshua, Jr.[59]Phenix, John[4]
Hickling, William[61]Pickering, Colonel Timothy[42], [46]
Hill, Colonel John[59]Pickering, John[42]
Hill, Katherine[59]Pickering, Timothy, Sr.[44], [46]
Holyoke, Edward[14]Pope of Rome[85]
Hudson, James[9]Poynton, Thomas[51], [52]
Hurd, John[62], [63]Prescott, John[39]
Prescott, William H.[42]
Inch, John[16]Preston, Captain[68]
Prince of Wales[28]
Johnson, Mr.[68]
Queen Anne[6]
King Charles I.[5]
King George II.[10]Read, Thomas[16]
King George III.[37], [44]Revere, Paul[71]
Rhodes, Captain[84]
Lee, Francis H.[86]Rogers, Rev. Mr.[13]
Lewis, Phillip[71]Rowe, John[54]
Loyal, Paul[35]Ruskin, John[99]
Russell, Benjamin[25]
Macaulay, T.B.[5]Russell, Daniel[65]
Marshall, Thomas[29]
Mason, Colonel David[39], [40]Salisbury, Elizabeth[67]
Maverick, Samuel[68]Salisbury, Samuel[67]
Micklefield, William[86], [87], [88]Savage, Samuel Phillips[63]
Scott, William[94]

Shays, Daniel[89]Washington, George[4]
Shirley, General William[28]Waters, Josiah[29]
Spencer, Herbert[6]Watson, Mr.[21]
Stevens, Captain[80]Webb, Joseph, Jr.[71]
Storr, Marmaduke[60]Whipple, Joseph[90]
Story, Joseph[42]Whitefield, Rev. George[57], [58]
Story, William W.[42]Whitmore, Major-General[66]
Wickham, Captain[56]
Temple, Hon. John[33]Winter, Joshua[80]
Thorn, Dr.[50]Willard, Joseph[75], [78]
Treadwell, Jonathan[92]Williams, Jonathan[70]
Wolfe, General James[25], [27]
Upham, Charles W.[47]Wood, William[13]

THE DAYS OF THE SPINNING-WHEEL